Chicago Union Traction Co. v. O'Brien
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elbridge HanEcy, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright
Appellee recovered a judgment for $10,000 in the circuit court of Cook county, against appellant, on account of injuries received in attempting to get on a street car on West Madison street. The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the judgment.
It is assigned for error that the trial court erred in giving, at the' instance and request of the plaintiff, the sixth, seventh, ninth and eleventh instructions.
The declaration as amended contained but one count, and the only ground of liability alleged was, that while the plaintiff was in the act of getting on the car for the purpose of…
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